Timariot Alptigin of Irenopolis

Timariot Alptigin of Irenopolis (1214-) was a preacher in the service of Sultan Qaraman of Karaman Sultanate.

Biography
Alptigin was born in 1214 to a Sunni Muslim family of Turks in Irenopolis, Cilicia, in the Karaman Sultanate (present-day Osmaniye Province], [[Turkey). He became a preacher in the service of Sultan Qaraman of Karaman Sultanate, the sultan of the Karamanids, and on 25 January 1260 he arrived in the Ilkhanate capital of Qom to spread the gospel of Islam. Hulegu Khan allowed him to continue his missionary work there, as he was tolerant of Islam and Christianity.